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Registered charity (CIO) · London

The British Association of Barbershop Singers

The British Association of Barbershop Singers is a registered charity (number 1080930) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Alistair Lamyman since 2023. Latest income £306k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Babs (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £306k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.singbarbershop.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£306k£264k
  • 2024£346k£271k
  • 2023£291k£325k
Earlier years
  • 2022£272k£333k
  • 2021£86k£53k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ANY AND ALL ASPECTS OF BARBERSHOP HARMONY (AS DEFINED IN THE APPENDIX TO THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES) AND SINGING IN THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY STYLE ("THE OBJECTS")

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£306k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1080930
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 26 NOV 2020 as amended on 08 Apr 2022 as amended on 05 Jul 2022 as amended on 17 Mar 2023 as amended on 01 Oct 2023
Contact on the register
020 7388 2444 · administrationdirector@singbarbershop.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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